The peaches of New York . e, reddish-brown glands variable in position. Flower-buds half-hardy, conical to pointed, plump, pubescent, free; blossoms appearin mid-season; flowers one and three-sixteenths inches across, white at the center of thepetals changing to pink toward the margins, well distributed; pedicels short, glabrous, green;calyx-tube reddish-green at the base, greenish-yellow within, obconic, glabrous; calyx-lobes acute, glabrous within, pubescent without; petals oval, faintly notched near the base,tapering to narrow claws of medium length tinged with red at the base; filaments th
The peaches of New York . e, reddish-brown glands variable in position. Flower-buds half-hardy, conical to pointed, plump, pubescent, free; blossoms appearin mid-season; flowers one and three-sixteenths inches across, white at the center of thepetals changing to pink toward the margins, well distributed; pedicels short, glabrous, green;calyx-tube reddish-green at the base, greenish-yellow within, obconic, glabrous; calyx-lobes acute, glabrous within, pubescent without; petals oval, faintly notched near the base,tapering to narrow claws of medium length tinged with red at the base; filaments three-eighths inch long, equal to the petals in length; pistil pubescent near the base, usuallyas long as the stamens. Fruit matures late; two and five-eighths inches long, two and eleven-sixteenths inches 1 For a brief history of the life and horticultural activities of Andrew Jackson Downing, whose likenessis shown in the frontispiece of The Peaches of New York, the reader is referred to The Cherries of NewYork, page LATE RARERIPE THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 243 wide, roundish-cordate, with unequal surfaces; cavity variable in depth and width, abruptor flaring, often with twig-mark across the cavity; suture variable in depth, extendingbeyond the tip; apex roundish, mamelon or mucronate, recurved; color greenish or creamy-white, sometimes with a lively red blush, mottled and splashed with darker and dullerred; pubescence thick, coarse; skin tough, adherent to the pulp; flesh white, stained withred near the pit, juicy, stringy, tender, pleasantly flavored, sweet or somewhat sprightly;good to very good in quality; stone free or nearly so, one and one-half inches long, oneand one-sixteenth inches wide, oval to ovate, plump, with deeply grooved surfaces; ventralsuture deeply grooved along the edges, strongly furrowed; dorsal suture deeply grooved. LEMON FREE 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 313. 1889. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 33. 1899. 3. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169 4. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort.
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